Broom-holder.



" A. N. SIMMONS.

BROOM HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APILZS. I915.

1,182,109. Patented May 9,1916.

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ATTORNEY barman s'rafrns rarnur orricnr ARTHUR NELSON SIMMONS, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO i W. EARLE MOORE, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO.

BRbOIVI-HOLDEB.

Patented May a, rare.

Application filed April 28, 1915. Serial No. 24,524.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR NELSON SIM- .uons, a citizen of the United States of i lmerica, and a resident of Ashtabula', Ashtabula county, and the State'of Ohio, have invented certain newanduseful Improve ments in Broomllolders, of which the followlng is {I'SPGClfiGEIfilOIL I An object of the present invention is to arm plate 7 1s provided with an opening 8 provide a broom holder which may be easily and: readily attached to a wall or other support and when attached it will suspend the broom from the wall whereby the, broom straw will not come in contact with the wall which would cause the dirt and other foreign matter carried by the broom to deposit upon the wall.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be more eiiicient, strong and durable when in use and, comparatively inexpensive in the same commercially desirable. a

With the above and other objects in view the. invention consists of'the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated asimple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but the right is reserved to any changes, al-

cost of manufacture thereby rendering the tcrations and modifications to which recourse may be had that come within the scope of, the invention as claimed and without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the etlioiency of the same. a

The invention will be best understood by reference being had to the accompanying drawings taken in connection with the following detailed description forming part of the specification in which I Figure 1, is a sideelevatlon of the device as applied to asupport and showing the designated by like reference position of the broom relative to the wall when supported thereby, Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectional view, and Fig. 3, is a plan view embodying the invention.

Reference now being had to the drawing wherein like and corresponding parts are Q characters throughout the several views, the numeral 1 represents a wall or other support to which is suspended a broom 2 by means of the improved broom holder. comprises a plate 8 having its medial por- "tion bent outwardly 'tocform a loopi. The

The broom holder upper extension 5 is provided with an aperture through which extends a screw or other fastening means 6 whereby the plate may be attached to the wall or other support. The

through which extends the loop 4 thereby forming a pivotable connection between the plate 3 and the arm 7. The opposite walls of the opening 8 are inclined and the upper end of the rear wall is provided with a biting edge 9 which is adapted to engage into the rear wall of the loop 4. The inner end of the arm 7 is rounded as at 10 to form a biting edge which will bite into the outer face of. the wall.

The outeror free end of the arm 7 is enlarged and provided with an opening 11 for the reception of the broom a purpose as The walls of the handle, but the diameter of this opening is when the arm 7 is substantially at right angles to the broom handle. broom handle is placed in proper position within the opening 11, the broom is allowed to drop by gravity until the arm? has assumed the position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 where it extends outward and downward. When the arm 7 is in this position the biting edge formed by the opening 11 will grip the broom handle and the edges 10 and 9 will bite into the support and hook 4: respectively thereby locking the arm in position, whereby the broom will extend parallel to the support and in spaced relation thereto which will prevent the broom straw from rubbing against the wall and depositing dirt carried bythe broom straw.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the device is shown as at When the tached to a block 12 which may be fastened I any suitable manner to the wall or other support. The block is rectangular in configuration so that when it is desired the arm '7 may be permanently attached to the broom handle in any suitable manner and by swinging the plate 3 to one side of the block the arm may be severed from the plate 8. From Fig. 2 it will be seen that the plate 3 is only attached at its upper end by the screw 6"to the support thereby permitting the plate to swing upon "the pivotedconnection.

Having fully described the invention what I claim as new and desireto secure byLetters Patentis new wit HPEPQrEt "p at he 1 9 b means for piiiotally eonn ecti ng one] end of 9 thi Pet -e P3 w re $21 of two wi esses.

ARTHUR NELSON SIMMONS. Vitnesses:

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